Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Vikings and Christianity
- Fishergate Bar
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree Park
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Council of Arles
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- King Richard II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Guildhall
- The First Minster
- Industrial Upheaval
- The County Court House